Really having a tough time understanding tow info
Is someone willing to pm me as I don'the want to tie up a thread. I am just not getting the connection between the weights. Thank you
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I will give a little different advice, by using my own decision process from 5 years ago.
First, what do you want to do? We like to camp and then some light to moderate 4 wheeling, such as Turroweap(sp) in Grand Canyon. Some areas limit the length of your vehicles, don't know if it is enforced. I think that a 5er pulls the best, and is safest, so I have a 5er.
Dual rear wheels are no darned good in the mud, so I have a single rear wheel. Gas is better in the mud and rocks, the diesels pull so much better, but the fuel, def, and particulate filter systems hang low. I bought a diesel for the pulling, and accept the limitations in the dirt.
I have used all the makers and many configurations over the past 30 years in oilfield work. I also know how rough the road can get before my DW chickens out. The supercab standard (short) bed balances ride, capacity, and works without a slider on my cut nose 5er.
Only the two of us camp, so a 28' 5er with 2 slides, a diesel supercab (Ford 6.7) and it is an F250 so I can use the left lanes and many parkways without the 5er in the Northeast. The DW is a Jersey Girl and this part of the country has many 10k limits. I think you should derate the makers ratings by 10% for driveability, not safety.
First, what do you want to do? We like to camp and then some light to moderate 4 wheeling, such as Turroweap(sp) in Grand Canyon. Some areas limit the length of your vehicles, don't know if it is enforced. I think that a 5er pulls the best, and is safest, so I have a 5er.
Dual rear wheels are no darned good in the mud, so I have a single rear wheel. Gas is better in the mud and rocks, the diesels pull so much better, but the fuel, def, and particulate filter systems hang low. I bought a diesel for the pulling, and accept the limitations in the dirt.
I have used all the makers and many configurations over the past 30 years in oilfield work. I also know how rough the road can get before my DW chickens out. The supercab standard (short) bed balances ride, capacity, and works without a slider on my cut nose 5er.
Only the two of us camp, so a 28' 5er with 2 slides, a diesel supercab (Ford 6.7) and it is an F250 so I can use the left lanes and many parkways without the 5er in the Northeast. The DW is a Jersey Girl and this part of the country has many 10k limits. I think you should derate the makers ratings by 10% for driveability, not safety.
